THE CAPITAL: Celebration in Washington

RICHARD NIXON will be the smiling star in
the most satisfying event in his long political career, but Washington
itself will be the centerpiece of the Inaugural weekend. The
two-mile-long mall from the Lincoln Memorial to Capitol Hill has been
cleared of temporary buildings for the first time in 50 years. The
bureaucratic mastodons along Constitution Avenue and the restored old
homes around Lafayette Square stand as handsome pieces of scenery in
the quadrennial drama. Washington has never been more impressive.

To help out-of-town visitors, including scores of Nixon relatives, find
their...